Pass 1

Step by step

I want to write this code step by step simulating a little the way I would write it if I were writing it from scratch. So not just copy it from top to bottom, instead I will start with a minimum working version and then make it grow from there.

What I'm thinking is: start with the first room and the character and the functions I might need to just make that work, like the main function and main loop; so I can run a bare-bones version of the game even if it doesn't do anything at first, then step by step add more rooms, more functionality and aesthetics.

I know it is still somewhat artificial because I'm only copying part by part, except I'm not doing it linearly.But helps me see more clearly not just what the "end product" looks like in the end, how it works and and the process of how it's built.

1

Initially I only need about 50 lines to run the bare bones program, including:

• the dungeon_map dictionary with the first room
• the player dictionary
• display_room() function

Obviously, when you run it like this not much happens, it just displays the room info. But that's the point.

2

I want to add now a basic game loop where it displays the player stats and waits for an input before printing it again, instead of just running the program and exiting. So all I need to do is:

• add the show_stats()
• the while loop, and inside the loop:
  • the call to show_stats()
  • the try: line with the call for an input()
  • the except: block at the end of the while loop.

Now I can run the game loop and press Enter and that's it.

3

For the next step I'll continue with next few lines in the while loop and see what else they connect to.

• First I started by testing the basic functionality so I added the if block with the condition to quit.
• next I'll start adding the elif's with the other condictions, but for that I need to write the show_help() and show_inventory() functions.
• finally in this step, I write the take_item() function so I can grab the torch in the first room and the show_inventory() has something to show.

4

In step 4 I will add the movement and complete the map (the rooms dictionary)

• I start by writing the move(direction) function plus only one new room to test it. And I also need to add the elif action == "go" or action == "move": block in the main loop.
• once I make sure that works, I proceed to copy the rest of the rooms.
• make sure the show_room() function is complete.

5

In step 4 I'll add the fight functionality and the goblin battle

• add the call to the fight_monster() in the main loop
• then write the corresponding function
• or viceversa might make more sense.

6

Finally, add the end-game functionality and final decorations.

• add check_win() and game_over() functions and also print_slow() which I had left behind.
• double check everything is complete, everything works, test the game, fix bugs.

Ideas

I have a few ideas that I might add to the game, I'll leave them here as a "challenge" for the near future:

1. add more rooms
2. add music - check if mpv is installed, if yes, then play on background some spooky sounding soundrack in a loop
3. add more items
4. add a graphical map that you can print with a command and see which rooms you have explored
5. add some conditionals to the battle: if has sword, deals more damage than if has only torch; if has shield, recieves less damage.
6. fix the fight sequence, make sure it warns first about "something guards them" and then the fight, otherwise the fight happens before you get the description. Makes no sense.
7. Modify take_item() function so that it detects a subset of the name, so you can type take key instead of take rusty_key.